PEOPLE v. CUTTLEY

Gen. No. 51,101.

82 Ill. App.2d 321 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 479

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ivory Cuttley, (Impleaded), Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

April 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Frederick F. Cohn and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Morton Friedman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

A jury found defendant guilty of robbery, and he was sentenced to 4 to 12 years. On appeal, he contends he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and his constitutional rights were violated when the State was allowed to present to the jury evidence of defendant's prior convictions.

On April 26, 1965, at 1:30 a.m., Robert Lea, a cabdriver, was robbed by two men. Shortly thereafter, while...

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